News – Page 10
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NewsLaw firms less fearful of Big Four threat
Annual snapshot shows ‘alternative legal service providers’ are growing by 20% a year.
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NewsTop-100 firms call off merger plan
Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans say the best path forward is to remain independent.
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NewsSRA promises to act on competence failures
Announcement follows statement by super-regulator on ongoing competence checks.
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NewsEngland and Wales still lowest-risk jurisdiction
‘Predictability and certain outcomes’ the most important features of English law for commercial parties.
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NewsTrustpilot reviews of law firm defamatory, judge rules
'Narrative provided by reviewers... is one that the reasonable reader will understand as factual.'
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NewsRebuke for 'lewd gesture' at 2017 Christmas party
Newly qualified solicitor 'caused harm and distress', regulator rules.
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NewsRaise SRA’s fining power to £250 million, say peers
Call comes amid row over deal allowing sanctioned Russian mercenary chief to sue in London.
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NewsPanel to steer opening up of justice data
Judge-led panel will advise on issues arising from the publication and sharing of data from the courts system.
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NewsSRA to seek new powers as it probes 40 'SLAPP' reports
Chief executive resists peers' calls to 'name and shame' firms ahead of investigation outcomes.
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NewsJust two solicitors among latest High Court appointees
Law Society urges reforms to selection process.
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NewsA quarter of judgments still unpublished
Study covers the first three months of National Archives' Find Case Law database.
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NewsDisclosure: exchange of letters not enough, says Flaux
Chancellor of the High Court calls for 'genuine and meaningful co-operation'.
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NewsTreat colleagues with 'courtesy and respect', judges told
Statement of expected behaviour follows findings of research commissioned by the lord chief justice.
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News£4.94m payday in record year for Clifford Chance
Magic circle firm celebrates 17.3% profit growth on highest ever reported revenue.
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NewsFirms go under as PII premiums soar to 20% of turnover
Indemnity insurance becoming particularly expensive for firms reliant on conveyancing work.
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NewsBitcoin millionaire to fight contempt charge over judgment 'leak'
Admissibility of 'privileged' material may be questioned in criminal hearing over alleged embargo breach.
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NewsUncertainty mounts as partner profits slip at US firms
Slowing demand, falling productivity and inflation among ‘multiple headwinds’ faced by partners.
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NewsKPMG forges ahead with legal expansion
Big Four firm hopes to increase the number of lawyers in the UK to 400 by the end of 2024.
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NewsSRA hires Ofwat director
New strategy and innovation chief will focus on technology in the legal sector.
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NewsUK 'destination of choice' for mass actions
Value of class action claims over breaches of competition law rose six-fold last year.